Abstract This paper situates Eastern Africa in the early maritime trade of the Indian Ocean,
reviewing evidence for connections from Egypt and Red Sea, the Gulf, and Southeast Asia …

The upper dentition of Crocidura exhibits polymorphic characters that were revealed for the
first time in this study via high-resolution X-ray computed microtomography. Our analyses of …

Seven species of house geckos occur across the scattered islands of the Indian Ocean. Two
of these, Hemidactylus frenatus and H. parvimaculatus are both widespread and possess …

The house shrew (Suncus murinus–S. montanus species complex) colonized regions
across southern Asia and the Indian Ocean following human activity. The house shrew is …

Simple Summary The current study reassesses the systematic status of Suncus niger from its
original geographical distribution in Southern India. Both morphology and mitochondrial …

The number of shrew species in Israel has been and still is the subject of debate. In this work
we used for the first time a molecular marker, the cytochrome b gene, to investigate the …

Murid and cricetid rodents were previously believed to be the principal reservoir hosts of
hantaviruses. Recently, however, multiple newfound hantaviruses have been discovered in …

The house shrew (Suncus murinus-S. montanus species complex) is considered to have
been unintentionally introduced by humans from their original range to other regions around …

In Southeast and South Asia including Myanmar and Bangladesh, the house shrew (Suncus
murinus) is widely distributed and consists of multiple lineages of mitochondrial DNA …

Ghrelin is known to be a feeding stimulatory hormone in mammals, but in birds, in contrast to
mammals, the feeding behavior is regulated in inhibitory manners. This is because the …